The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-27
CANE OF HAVING A GUN.
OSCAR MARIN SHOOTS JOHN
WILLIAMS WITH A RIFLE.


A Quarrel With a Gang of Drunken
Negroes Ends in the Shooting of One
of Them-The Story of the ARRAY as
Told by Marina Mothers Brave
Defense of Her Son.
There was very little room TO spare in
the police barracks last night for Christmas
had brought its quota of offenders, but
there was only one serious ARRAY, and that
was shooting, which occurred on Whitaker
street, north of Anderson, about noon. The
circumstances were peculiar in many
respects but the fault seemed to lie in three
negroes who had been lavish in their use of
Christmas liquor The neighborhood is
pretty well settled with negroes and the
white people in the vicinity complain that
they control that part of town, for the
negroes go around in preparation for the
difficulties that are expected and when one
occurs they are quick to draw their weapons.
The trouble yesterday was between some
white boys and three negroes who were
more or less drunk at the time. About II
O'Clock Oscar and Arthur Marin and
their cousin Charles Sack were returning
home from down town, when they met
three negroes, William Blake, John Viii
Henry and Barnard streets. The boys paid
no attention to them, but walked on toward
their home.
SEIZED BY THE THROAT.
Oscar Marin attempted to walk between
two of the negroes, when one of them caught
him by the throat and choked him. The
boy resisted, and finally broke away from
his assailants, who struck at him and
slapped him in the face. He became very
Al L
and went at once to his house, only three
doors away, and got rifle He returned,
and asked which of the negroes had slapped
him Instead of replying, Williams caught
the muzzle of the rife, while Blake and Green
stepped behind Marin and attempted to
wrest the gun from him They struggled
over the possession of the weapon and at
last the boy concluded that the three were
too many for him SO he pulled the trigger.
Williams had hold of the barrel with both
hands and was pulling TO secure the rife
when it was discharged AID when Marin
pulled the trigger the ball entered Williams
stomach, INJECTING a wound that will be
fatal. The disturbance and the noise of
the shot attracted crowd of negroes. In
a very few minutes not less than fifty of
them had gathered around the scene of the
shooting The fact that Marin was a white
boy made them exceedingly angry and
reused their ire to violent pitch.
KNOCKED DOWN AND BEATEN.
They assaulted Marin and knocked him
down. While he lay on the ground his
mother and brother came to his assistance
and attempted to raise MIN. The negroes
did not want TO let him go. and though
Mrs Marin pleaded with them to cease their
disturbance, they continued their violence
and began to beat her SON. Then she ran
to him and placed herself between him and
his brutal assailants. Arthur, her other
son, drew his pocket knife and stood by his
PROSTATE brother, Blake, one of the orig
inal trio, attempted to strike him, but he
struck at him with his knife and succeeded
in cutting the offensive negro in
the head, infiicting a scalp wound,
which, though severe, will not prove dan
gerous. The mother and brother then sue
ceeded in rescuing Oscar from the crowd,
and he started home with them. He had
only walked a few steps when the crowd of
negroes started to cry, "Lynch him!n and
they began to run after him, but an old
gentleman, who was a stranger there,
stepped by Marin's side, and drawing his
revolver, ne told the negroes t. stand back
or he would begin to fire. Fearful of-his
weapon, they stopped, and Marin reached
bis home in safety.
WANTED TO GIVE HIMSELF UP.
AS soon as he entered the house he an
nounced his intention of going to the police
out of the door in spite of the angry crowd
Of negroes who were gathered about the out
side the house, but few of the friends of
the family came in and by force
tney prevented his leaving the
mouse. His friends told him to
stay there; that the police would come
around after awhile and take him safely to
the station house. Marin said that he did
not want to be arrested, that he wanted to
surrender himself, but his friends would not
let him go out, and after a time Policeman
Angln called at the house and Marin went
with him to the barracks, where he now is
YOUNG MARIN's STORY.
Marin was seen at the barracks, and the
story which is given above, which was the
one obtained by the eye witnesses, was the
me which he gave, but he added that his
brother was the one who cut Blake
Marin is nothing more than a boy. He
IS about 10 years of age and is steady, hard
working young man, who had always borne
good reputation among his neighbors. His
parents are honest, respectable people, who
are well thought of in the community in
which they live. The three negroes who
raused the disturbance had been drunk all
The morning and had attracted the atten-
ton OF all the nelghDors, for they had been
standing on the corner of Henry and
Barnard streets and had refused TO let any
one pass them. Ladies had to walk out into
tine street to get by them, and those who
did 50 were compelled to listen to the
Eoarsest language and most ruihanly in
lulfS.
Williams was taken to the Georgia In
Urinary aud Blake went to his home, where
his wound was dressed.